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Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Pitching Comparison

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Totals

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	209	166	.557	2.95	518	465	34	167	49	6	3432.0	3084	1292	1124	280	855	123	2486	154	10	82	14097	4299	121	3.02	1.148	8.1	0.7	2.2	6.5
2	Joe Nuxhall	15-37	1944	1966	135	117	.536	3.90	526	287	100	83	20	19	2302.2	2310	1093	998	209	776	49	1372	70	7	45	9813	3282	102	3.57	1.340	9.0	0.8	3.0	5.4

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966	3	3	.500	2.95	7	6	1	3	1	0	39.2	36	17	13	8	12	2	36	1	0	0	162	49			1.210	8.2	1.8	2.7	8.2

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Value

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	518	465	3432.0	61.3	28.7
2	Joe Nuxhall	15-37	1944	1966	526	287	2302.2	26.8	5.2

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Totals Against

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	518	465	3432.0	4299	12904	2259	471	74	96	84	53.33	51	272	116	66	.239	.293	.352	.645	85	.113	.275	1342	4536	825	4093	4299
2	Joe Nuxhall	15-37	1944	1966	526	287	2302.2	3282	8811	1629	397	75	56	74	43.08	28	182	103	50	.262	.325	.395	.721	97	.133	.289	1141	3484	681	3156	3282

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966	7	6	39.2	49	146											.247	.308					.275				49	49

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Starting & Relieving

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	309	66	58.4	46	9	20	2	75.0	34	53
2	Joe Nuxhall	15-37	1944	1966	136	47	50.8	189	69	37	10	65.5	100	239

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966									1	1

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Ratios

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	518	465	3432.0	17.6	6.1	11.6
2	Joe Nuxhall	15-37	1944	1966	526	287	2302.2	14.0	7.9	6.1

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966	7	6	39.2	22.2	7.4	14.8

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Pitch Summary

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	518	465	3432.0		103
2	Joe Nuxhall	15-37	1944	1966	526	287	2302.2		88

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966	7	6	39.2

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Head-to-Head Pitching

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Totals

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Joe Nuxhall	1	0	1.000	2.04	7	1	2	1	0	1	17.2	8	4	4	1	9	3	15	1	0	0	67	0.962	4.1	0.5	4.6	7.6
2	Don Drysdale	2	1	.667	4.28	7	7	0	1	1	0	33.2	36	19	16	6	11	2	23	1	0	2	146	1.396	9.6	1.6	2.9	6.1

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Game Logs

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Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Don Drysdale	LAD	1966-09-04	GS-2	2.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	3	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	44			-0.1	-1.00			0.91
2	Joe Nuxhall	CIN	1966-09-04	8-9	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1				-0.1	-1.88	0	0	0.20
3	Don Drysdale	LAD	1966-06-29	GS-7, W	6.0	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	25	9	25	7	2	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	2	45			0.1	-0.38			0.47
4	Joe Nuxhall	CIN	1966-06-29	3-5	2.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	2	9	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	1.19	2	1	0.15
5	Don Drysdale	LAD	1965-07-27	GS-3	2.1	6	5	2	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	17	10	15	4	0	1	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	2	30			-0.5	-4.20			1.23
6	Joe Nuxhall	CIN	1965-07-27	7-GF(8)	2.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	9	3	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	-0.17	0	0	0.33
7	Don Drysdale	LAD	1964-06-20	GS-7, L	6.1	6	5	5	0	3	2	0	6	1	0	0	27	9	23	2	1	0	0	0	0	16	1	1	0	4	45	96	62	-0.4	-1.91			0.96
8	Joe Nuxhall	CIN	1964-06-20	8-GF, S	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		29	19	0.2	0.92	0	0	1.28
9	Don Drysdale	LAD	1960-08-26 (2)	SHO, W	9.0	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	7	0	0	0	32	6	29	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	85	99	64	0.6	4.51			0.96
10	Joe Nuxhall	CIN	1960-08-26 (2)	7-7	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	3	0.0	0.23	1	0	0.39
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Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Batter vs. Pitcher

Joe Nuxhall (Pitcher) vs. Don Drysdale (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Joe Nuxhall (Pitcher) vs. Don Drysdale (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1956	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1966	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Joe Nuxhall (Pitcher) vs. Don Drysdale (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Joe Nuxhall (Pitcher) vs. Don Drysdale (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1956	1956-06-24 (2)	BRO	CIN	down 1-0	b3	---	1	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	1956	1956-06-24 (2)	BRO	CIN	down 1-0	b6	---	0	2 (0-1)	Flyball: 2B
3	1966	1966-06-29	LAD	CIN	ahead 3-8	t5	---	2		Foul Popfly: 1B

Don Drysdale (Pitcher) vs. Joe Nuxhall (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Don Drysdale (Pitcher) vs. Joe Nuxhall (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1956	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1966	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	0	0	0	0	0

Don Drysdale (Pitcher) vs. Joe Nuxhall (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Don Drysdale (Pitcher) vs. Joe Nuxhall (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1956	1956-06-24 (2)	CIN	BRO	tied 0-0	t3	---	0	5 (1-2)	Groundout: 3B-1B
2	1956	1956-06-24 (2)	CIN	BRO	ahead 0-1	t4	123	2	3 (1-1)	Flyball: LF
3	1956	1956-06-24 (2)	CIN	BRO	ahead 0-1	t7	---	1	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Looking
4	1966	1966-06-29	CIN	LAD	down 8-0	b3	1--	1		Double to CF; L. Cárdenas to 3B

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Comparison

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Totals

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	547	1309	1169	96	218	26	7	29	113	0	2	60	370	.186	.228	.295	.523	45	345	34	5	69	6	0
2	Joe Nuxhall	15-37	1944	1966	555	861	766	76	152	21	3	15	78	2	2	40	199	.198	.240	.292	.532	41	224	13	4	43	8	0

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966	8	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0	0	0

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Value

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	547	1309	5.8	5.7	5.8	0.1	-84	-4	-5	0
2	Joe Nuxhall	15-37	1944	1966	555	861	3.6	3.5	3.7	-0.2	-58	1	-1	0

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Sabermetric

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	547	1309	62	283	299	1062	80	.244	180	-92	-9.6	.109	3.2	0.00	2
2	Joe Nuxhall	15-37	1944	1966	555	861	39	196	212	680	61	.245	139	-65	-6.8	.094	3.8	50.00	4

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966	8	12	0	2	2	10		.000	0			.000	1.4		0

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Win Probability

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	547	1309	-9.7	-7.4	-2.7	-90.44		-80.96	0.96
2	Joe Nuxhall	15-37	1944	1966	555	861	-4.8	-4.5	-0.5	-50.03		-49.94	0.97

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Head-to-Head Batting

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Totals

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Joe Nuxhall	7	6	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.333	.500	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	Don Drysdale	7	14	12	4	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.417	.500	.417	.917	5	0	0	0	0	0

Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Game Logs

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Joe Nuxhall vs. Don Drysdale: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Don Drysdale	LAD	1966-09-04	*	3	9	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.42	0.013	3.08	0.06%	0.13			P
2	Joe Nuxhall	CIN	1966-09-04		2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Don Drysdale	LAD	1966-06-29	*	7	9	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.41	0.044	1.17	0.07%	0.79			P
4	Joe Nuxhall	CIN	1966-06-29		3	9	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.25	0.018	0.25	0.01%	0.88			P
5	Don Drysdale	LAD	1965-07-27	*	3	9	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.100	12.17	0.54%	0.84			P
6	Joe Nuxhall	CIN	1965-07-27		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Don Drysdale	LAD	1964-06-20	*	7	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.078	1.35	-0.06%	-0.62			P
8	Joe Nuxhall	CIN	1964-06-20		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.49	-0.014	1.45	-0.03%	-0.58			P
9	Don Drysdale	LAD	1960-08-26 (2)	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.34	-0.008	0.26	0.00%	0.00			P
10	Joe Nuxhall	CIN	1960-08-26 (2)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
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